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单词 gumsucker
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Definition of gumsucker in English:

gumsucker

nounˈɡʌmsʌkə
Australian informal

  • A native-born Australian, as distinct from an immigrant.

    there is a forwardness among our youthful gumsuckers
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The gumsuckers were a happy lot of campers when the first state secondary school flung open its doors to knock some learnin' into some skulls.
    • 'Good on the Maori,' murmered the Gumsucker.
    • He was of middle height, slight enough for a gumsucker, but well made.
    • Gumsuckers tried to turn Eucalyptus into a patriotic emblem.
    • He believed only gumsuckers like himself could see the beauty of Australia's 'own great tree' and look on it with pride.

Origin

Mid 19th century: apparently from the early settlers' habit of chewing the gum of native trees.
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